diff --git a/conf/type/__issue/files/redhat b/conf/type/__issue/files/redhat
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d93372b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/type/__issue/files/redhat
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (cdist-automated)
+Kernel \r on an \m
+
diff --git a/conf/type/__issue/manifest b/conf/type/__issue/manifest
index aa6f7629..1fab9a07 100755
--- a/conf/type/__issue/manifest
+++ b/conf/type/__issue/manifest
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ destination=/etc/issue
 source="$(cat "out/explorer/os")"
 
 case "$os" in
-   archlinux)
-      source="$__type/files/archlinux"
+   archlinux|redhat)
+      source="$__type/files/$os"
    ;;
    *)
       source="$__type/files/default"
    ;;
 esac
 
-__file "$destination" --source "$source" --type file
+__file "$destination" --source "$source"